Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.
| Occupation |
Total employment |
Mean hourly wage |
Mean annual wage |
| All Occupations |
333,300 |
$19.24 |
$40,010 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
57,030 |
$14.84 |
$30,860 |
| Sales and related occupations |
36,270 |
$16.55 |
$34,430 |
| Production occupations |
32,830 |
$15.67 |
$32,590 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
29,630 |
$9.24 |
$19,210 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
26,710 |
$14.12 |
$29,380 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
20,830 |
$24.57 |
$51,110 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
19,440 |
$33.71 |
$70,110 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
13,840 |
$27.70 |
$57,610 |
| Management occupations |
12,850 |
$46.96 |
$97,680 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
11,810 |
$19.88 |
$41,340 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
11,340 |
$23.04 |
$47,920 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
10,670 |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
9,960 |
$11.78 |
$24,500 |
| Retail salespersons |
9,250 |
$11.47 |
$23,860 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
8,620 |
$11.73 |
$24,390 |
| Cashiers |
8,400 |
$8.50 |
$17,670 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
8,400 |
$7.88 |
$16,390 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
8,190 |
$10.58 |
$22,010 |
| Registered nurses |
7,450 |
$28.33 |
$58,920 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
7,190 |
$31.31 |
$65,110 |
| Office clerks, general |
6,900 |
$12.35 |
$25,690 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
6,330 |
$30.53 |
$63,490 |
| Protective service occupations |
6,220 |
$18.34 |
$38,140 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
5,990 |
$9.14 |
$19,020 |
| Customer service representatives |
5,580 |
$15.67 |
$32,600 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
5,560 |
$28.37 |
$59,000 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,220 |
$12.18 |
$25,340 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,710 |
$18.79 |
$39,080 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,640 |
$14.18 |
$29,490 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,610 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,520 |
$11.16 |
$23,220 |
| Community and social services occupations |
4,200 |
$19.72 |
$41,020 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
3,760 |
$11.30 |
$23,510 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,570 |
Not available |
$57,940 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,360 |
$18.87 |
$39,240 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
3,360 |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,330 |
$19.48 |
$40,520 |
| Team assemblers |
3,330 |
$13.25 |
$27,550 |
| General and operations managers |
3,220 |
$49.62 |
$103,210 |
| Home health aides |
3,180 |
$10.20 |
$21,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,140 |
$18.72 |
$38,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,100 |
$22.75 |
$47,320 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
3,030 |
Not available |
$55,040 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,990 |
$17.27 |
$35,910 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,910 |
$29.32 |
$60,990 |
| Machinists |
2,870 |
$17.29 |
$35,950 |
| Telemarketers |
2,580 |
$9.36 |
$19,470 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
2,470 |
$13.67 |
$28,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
2,410 |
$24.61 |
$51,180 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,400 |
$29.09 |
$60,520 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,390 |
$10.72 |
$22,300 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,380 |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,270 |
$13.62 |
$28,330 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
2,220 |
$18.86 |
$39,220 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,180 |
$9.46 |
$19,680 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,080 |
$22.96 |
$47,750 |
| Medical secretaries |
2,030 |
$13.76 |
$28,630 |
| Legal occupations |
1,960 |
$34.02 |
$70,760 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,900 |
Not available |
$27,290 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,880 |
$13.23 |
$27,510 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,830 |
$11.43 |
$23,780 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,780 |
$12.81 |
$26,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,760 |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Bartenders |
1,710 |
$8.61 |
$17,920 |
| Electricians |
1,710 |
$24.31 |
$50,560 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,640 |
$8.63 |
$17,960 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,620 |
$10.48 |
$21,800 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,610 |
Not available |
$56,320 |
| Security guards |
1,610 |
$12.23 |
$25,450 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,550 |
$16.69 |
$34,720 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,520 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,480 |
$9.64 |
$20,040 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,480 |
$12.01 |
$24,970 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,460 |
$8.73 |
$18,150 |
| Medical assistants |
1,420 |
$13.18 |
$27,410 |
| Construction laborers |
1,400 |
$19.56 |
$40,680 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,390 |
$10.75 |
$22,350 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,340 |
$23.01 |
$47,860 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,330 |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
| Carpenters |
1,320 |
$24.32 |
$50,590 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,300 |
$20.78 |
$43,230 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
1,250 |
$8.27 |
$17,200 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,250 |
$12.51 |
$26,010 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,230 |
$91.67 |
$190,670 |
| Child care workers |
1,180 |
$10.58 |
$22,010 |
| Dishwashers |
1,180 |
$8.23 |
$17,110 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,180 |
$18.48 |
$38,430 |
| Data entry keyers |
1,170 |
$10.86 |
$22,590 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,170 |
$21.42 |
$44,560 |
| Tellers |
1,170 |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,140 |
Not available |
$50,140 |
| Fire fighters |
1,110 |
$19.92 |
$41,430 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,100 |
$15.38 |
$31,980 |
| Management analysts |
1,080 |
$38.05 |
$79,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,050 |
$27.91 |
$58,040 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
1,030 |
$13.20 |
$27,470 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
1,020 |
$37.85 |
$78,740 |
| Mechanical engineers |
1,010 |
$36.24 |
$75,390 |
| Financial managers |
980 |
$49.06 |
$102,040 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
970 |
$8.37 |
$17,410 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
970 |
$30.11 |
$62,620 |
| Printing machine operators |
960 |
$17.29 |
$35,970 |
| Industrial engineers |
950 |
$37.19 |
$77,360 |
| Cost estimators |
940 |
$29.74 |
$61,850 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
940 |
$12.70 |
$26,420 |
| Parts salespersons |
930 |
$13.31 |
$27,690 |
| Personal and home care aides |
930 |
$8.34 |
$17,340 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
920 |
$8.32 |
$17,310 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
910 |
$13.98 |
$29,090 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
890 |
$35.71 |
$74,270 |
| Lawyers |
870 |
$50.52 |
$105,070 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
860 |
$15.48 |
$32,200 |
| Computer systems analysts |
830 |
$31.36 |
$65,230 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
830 |
$16.72 |
$34,770 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
830 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
830 |
$40.38 |
$83,990 |
| Computer programmers |
820 |
$32.32 |
$67,230 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
820 |
$13.93 |
$28,970 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
820 |
$13.08 |
$27,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
820 |
$28.03 |
$58,300 |
| Chief executives |
810 |
$76.60 |
$159,320 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
810 |
$19.13 |
$39,800 |
| Recreation workers |
810 |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
800 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
780 |
$23.51 |
$48,900 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
760 |
$12.23 |
$25,430 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
750 |
$21.04 |
$43,760 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
740 |
$25.21 |
$52,440 |
| Industrial production managers |
730 |
$41.01 |
$85,300 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
730 |
Not available |
$53,770 |
| Insurance sales agents |
720 |
$33.99 |
$70,700 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
720 |
$22.55 |
$46,900 |
| Managers, all other |
710 |
$46.89 |
$97,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
700 |
$38.54 |
$80,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
690 |
$21.21 |
$44,110 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
690 |
$22.01 |
$45,780 |
| Medical and health services managers |
680 |
$42.09 |
$87,540 |
| Sales managers |
680 |
$52.13 |
$108,440 |
| Bill and account collectors |
670 |
$14.39 |
$29,930 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
670 |
$16.08 |
$33,450 |
| Legal secretaries |
670 |
$15.80 |
$32,860 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
670 |
$11.88 |
$24,710 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
660 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Loan officers |
660 |
$29.76 |
$61,890 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
660 |
$30.70 |
$63,860 |
| Graphic designers |
650 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Cooks, short order |
630 |
$10.03 |
$20,850 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
610 |
$9.18 |
$19,100 |
| Market research analysts |
600 |
$30.91 |
$64,280 |
| Training and development specialists |
600 |
$25.07 |
$52,140 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
570 |
$14.67 |
$30,520 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
570 |
$23.49 |
$48,860 |
| Pharmacists |
560 |
$50.31 |
$104,630 |
| Production workers, all other |
560 |
$13.85 |
$28,800 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
550 |
$24.50 |
$50,950 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
550 |
$19.46 |
$40,480 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
550 |
$12.00 |
$24,960 |
| All other information and record clerks |
540 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Dental assistants |
530 |
$15.54 |
$32,320 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
530 |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| Crossing guards |
520 |
$12.11 |
$25,190 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
520 |
Not available |
$90,940 |
| Social and human service assistants |
520 |
$11.59 |
$24,110 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
510 |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
510 |
$29.68 |
$61,720 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
510 |
$18.59 |
$38,670 |
| Administrative services managers |
500 |
$44.07 |
$91,660 |
| Database administrators |
500 |
$32.12 |
$66,800 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
500 |
$19.20 |
$39,930 |
| Order clerks |
500 |
$13.66 |
$28,410 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
490 |
$27.73 |
$57,680 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
490 |
$50.15 |
$104,310 |
| Tool and die makers |
490 |
$24.07 |
$50,070 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
480 |
$19.62 |
$40,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
480 |
$24.33 |
$50,600 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
470 |
$19.46 |
$40,480 |
| Food service managers |
470 |
$21.89 |
$45,540 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
470 |
Not available |
$52,390 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
470 |
$28.16 |
$58,570 |
| Bus drivers, school |
460 |
$14.89 |
$30,960 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
460 |
$9.79 |
$20,360 |
| Civil engineers |
450 |
$32.86 |
$68,350 |
| Electrical engineers |
450 |
$31.73 |
$66,000 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
450 |
$26.62 |
$55,370 |
| Financial analysts |
440 |
$27.91 |
$58,050 |
| Librarians |
440 |
$25.39 |
$52,810 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
440 |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
430 |
$35.33 |
$73,480 |
| File clerks |
430 |
$10.90 |
$22,660 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
430 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
430 |
$21.99 |
$45,740 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
420 |
$23.33 |
$48,520 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
420 |
$16.06 |
$33,410 |
| Public relations specialists |
420 |
$22.99 |
$47,810 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
420 |
$18.40 |
$38,280 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
420 |
$10.92 |
$22,710 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
410 |
$15.00 |
$31,200 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
410 |
Not available |
$61,830 |
| Advertising sales agents |
400 |
$22.46 |
$46,730 |
| Engineering managers |
400 |
$51.38 |
$106,880 |
| Dental hygienists |
390 |
$29.59 |
$61,540 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
390 |
$12.15 |
$25,270 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
390 |
$12.45 |
$25,890 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
390 |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
380 |
Not available |
$58,170 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
380 |
$14.54 |
$30,230 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
380 |
$22.45 |
$46,690 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
380 |
$13.38 |
$27,830 |
| Physical therapists |
380 |
$38.35 |
$79,770 |
| Computer operators |
370 |
$16.49 |
$34,290 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
370 |
$15.97 |
$33,230 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
370 |
Not available |
$54,280 |
| Mechanical drafters |
370 |
$21.63 |
$44,990 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
370 |
$24.40 |
$50,750 |
| Respiratory therapists |
370 |
$22.42 |
$46,620 |
| Library technicians |
360 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
360 |
$12.01 |
$24,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
350 |
$16.64 |
$34,600 |
| Instructional coordinators |
350 |
$25.31 |
$52,650 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
350 |
$17.62 |
$36,650 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
340 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
340 |
$18.77 |
$39,040 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
340 |
$9.19 |
$19,120 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
340 |
$19.16 |
$39,850 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
340 |
$18.28 |
$38,020 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
340 |
$22.56 |
$46,930 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
340 |
$38.32 |
$79,700 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
330 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Construction managers |
330 |
$54.35 |
$113,040 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
330 |
$8.43 |
$17,530 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
330 |
$12.57 |
$26,140 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
330 |
$12.75 |
$26,510 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
330 |
$24.13 |
$50,190 |
| Chemists |
320 |
$29.03 |
$60,390 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
310 |
Not available |
$58,820 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
310 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
310 |
$15.03 |
$31,270 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
310 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
300 |
$18.11 |
$37,670 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
300 |
$22.77 |
$47,360 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
300 |
$17.29 |
$35,960 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
290 |
$13.84 |
$28,790 |
| Chemical technicians |
290 |
$19.66 |
$40,880 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
290 |
$31.67 |
$65,880 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
290 |
$23.08 |
$48,010 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
290 |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Social workers, all other |
290 |
$22.07 |
$45,900 |
| Surgical technologists |
290 |
$18.36 |
$38,200 |
| Bakers |
280 |
$10.67 |
$22,200 |
| Bindery workers |
280 |
$12.54 |
$26,090 |
| Coaches and scouts |
280 |
Not available |
$24,130 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
280 |
$25.23 |
$52,480 |
| Logisticians |
280 |
$29.81 |
$62,010 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
280 |
$15.59 |
$32,420 |
| Personal financial advisors |
280 |
$41.49 |
$86,310 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
280 |
Not available |
$54,710 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
270 |
$23.63 |
$49,140 |
| Editors |
270 |
$23.81 |
$49,520 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
270 |
$24.23 |
$50,400 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
270 |
$12.06 |
$25,080 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
270 |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
270 |
$20.72 |
$43,090 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
260 |
$28.28 |
$58,830 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
260 |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| New accounts clerks |
260 |
$15.56 |
$32,370 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
260 |
$34.31 |
$71,370 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
250 |
$17.79 |
$37,000 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
250 |
$10.17 |
$21,160 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
250 |
$18.64 |
$38,780 |
| Marketing managers |
250 |
$52.11 |
$108,390 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
250 |
$20.25 |
$42,130 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
250 |
$18.79 |
$39,090 |
| Social and community service managers |
250 |
$33.72 |
$70,130 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
250 |
$19.32 |
$40,190 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
250 |
$19.87 |
$41,320 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
250 |
$20.56 |
$42,770 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
240 |
$16.67 |
$34,680 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
240 |
$16.93 |
$35,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
240 |
$19.43 |
$40,420 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
240 |
$8.49 |
$17,650 |
| Mental health counselors |
240 |
$21.05 |
$43,790 |
| Pediatricians, general |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Procurement clerks |
240 |
$16.37 |
$34,050 |
| Roofers |
240 |
$17.43 |
$36,250 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
240 |
$25.04 |
$52,080 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
230 |
$19.65 |
$40,880 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
230 |
$26.95 |
$56,060 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
230 |
$40.74 |
$84,730 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
230 |
$21.54 |
$44,810 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
230 |
$17.92 |
$37,270 |
| Sewing machine operators |
230 |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
220 |
$31.78 |
$66,100 |
| Funeral attendants |
220 |
$12.70 |
$26,420 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
220 |
$25.12 |
$52,250 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
220 |
$11.34 |
$23,580 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
210 |
$11.76 |
$24,470 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
210 |
$23.65 |
$49,190 |
| Materials engineers |
210 |
$35.71 |
$74,280 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
210 |
Not available |
$61,880 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
200 |
$18.46 |
$38,400 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
200 |
$34.62 |
$72,010 |
| Engineers, all other |
200 |
$34.14 |
$71,010 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$56,390 |
| Family and general practitioners |
200 |
$85.21 |
$177,230 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
200 |
$10.92 |
$22,720 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
200 |
$15.22 |
$31,660 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
190 |
$15.58 |
$32,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
190 |
$29.93 |
$62,250 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
190 |
$13.50 |
$28,090 |
| Insurance underwriters |
190 |
$31.96 |
$66,470 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
190 |
$9.41 |
$19,580 |
| Purchasing managers |
190 |
$38.14 |
$79,320 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
190 |
$21.29 |
$44,280 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
180 |
$24.41 |
$50,780 |
| Couriers and messengers |
180 |
$11.22 |
$23,340 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
180 |
$22.45 |
$46,690 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
180 |
$20.26 |
$42,150 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
180 |
$14.45 |
$30,050 |
| Legislators |
180 |
Not available |
$70,700 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
180 |
$15.29 |
$31,800 |
| Parking lot attendants |
180 |
$8.90 |
$18,520 |
| Postal service clerks |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
180 |
$35.25 |
$73,310 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
180 |
$27.46 |
$57,110 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
180 |
$14.03 |
$29,180 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
170 |
$21.57 |
$44,860 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
170 |
$22.46 |
$46,720 |
| Floral designers |
170 |
$9.81 |
$20,410 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$94,650 |
| Internists, general |
170 |
$90.68 |
$188,620 |
| Materials scientists |
170 |
$39.58 |
$82,330 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
170 |
$21.52 |
$44,770 |
| Real estate sales agents |
170 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
160 |
$23.83 |
$49,560 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
160 |
$16.32 |
$33,950 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
160 |
$18.22 |
$37,890 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
160 |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| Occupational therapists |
160 |
$33.17 |
$69,000 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
160 |
$15.79 |
$32,840 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
150 |
$41.42 |
$86,150 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
150 |
$22.19 |
$46,150 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$14.09 |
$29,300 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
150 |
$26.80 |
$55,750 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
150 |
$40.54 |
$84,320 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
150 |
$25.46 |
$52,950 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
150 |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
150 |
$18.36 |
$38,190 |
| Travel agents |
150 |
$13.59 |
$28,260 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
140 |
$11.86 |
$24,660 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
140 |
$10.62 |
$22,090 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
140 |
$48.60 |
$101,090 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
140 |
$20.81 |
$43,280 |
| Residential advisors |
140 |
$14.11 |
$29,350 |
| Dentists, general |
130 |
$87.20 |
$181,380 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
130 |
$25.18 |
$52,370 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
130 |
$23.97 |
$49,850 |
| Photographers |
130 |
$13.15 |
$27,360 |
| Surgeons |
130 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Veterinarians |
130 |
$40.10 |
$83,400 |
| Chemical engineers |
120 |
$33.48 |
$69,630 |
| Crane and tower operators |
120 |
$19.48 |
$40,530 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
120 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
120 |
$8.80 |
$18,310 |
| Health educators |
120 |
$22.09 |
$45,940 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
120 |
$12.93 |
$26,900 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
120 |
$18.77 |
$39,050 |
| Surveyors |
120 |
$24.31 |
$50,560 |
| Word processors and typists |
120 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
110 |
$18.74 |
$38,990 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
110 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Meeting and convention planners |
110 |
$16.66 |
$34,650 |
| Millwrights |
110 |
$27.97 |
$58,180 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
110 |
$15.65 |
$32,560 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
110 |
$8.59 |
$17,860 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
100 |
$15.57 |
$32,390 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
100 |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Food batchmakers |
100 |
$15.09 |
$31,380 |
| Funeral directors |
100 |
$26.11 |
$54,300 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
100 |
$26.44 |
$54,990 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
100 |
$16.55 |
$34,430 |
| Pest control workers |
100 |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Tapers |
100 |
$17.39 |
$36,170 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
100 |
$27.94 |
$58,120 |
| Chiropractors |
90 |
$48.39 |
$100,640 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
90 |
$36.46 |
$75,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
90 |
$20.24 |
$42,110 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
90 |
$15.05 |
$31,310 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
90 |
$20.90 |
$43,480 |
| Massage therapists |
90 |
$15.52 |
$32,280 |
| Musicians and singers |
90 |
$20.62 |
Not available |
| Sales engineers |
90 |
$39.16 |
$81,460 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
90 |
$17.59 |
$36,600 |
| Technical writers |
90 |
$26.57 |
$55,280 |
| Writers and authors |
90 |
$19.23 |
$39,990 |
| Bailiffs |
80 |
$20.34 |
$42,300 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$62,400 |
| Cooks, all other |
80 |
$10.00 |
$20,790 |
| Loan counselors |
80 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
80 |
$9.03 |
$18,770 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
80 |
$11.81 |
$24,570 |
| Physician assistants |
80 |
$36.25 |
$75,400 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$15.76 |
$32,790 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Reporters and correspondents |
80 |
$13.26 |
$27,570 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
80 |
$14.93 |
$31,060 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Audiologists |
70 |
$25.24 |
$52,500 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
70 |
$12.30 |
$25,570 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
70 |
$14.78 |
$30,740 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
70 |
$35.23 |
$73,290 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
70 |
$22.70 |
$47,220 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
70 |
$10.07 |
$20,940 |
| Urban and regional planners |
70 |
$27.68 |
$57,570 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
70 |
Not available |
$70,050 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
60 |
$40.61 |
$84,470 |
| Art directors |
60 |
$25.99 |
$54,060 |
| Biological technicians |
60 |
$16.84 |
$35,020 |
| Budget analysts |
60 |
$29.21 |
$60,760 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
60 |
$43.73 |
$90,960 |
| Credit analysts |
60 |
$27.68 |
$57,570 |
| Law clerks |
60 |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Lodging managers |
60 |
$18.92 |
$39,350 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
60 |
$13.91 |
$28,930 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
60 |
$15.21 |
$31,630 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
60 |
$32.34 |
$67,270 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
60 |
$22.65 |
$47,120 |
| Optometrists |
60 |
$66.81 |
$138,970 |
| Pipelayers |
60 |
$17.63 |
$36,660 |
| Pourers and casters, metal |
60 |
$14.35 |
$29,840 |
| Public relations managers |
60 |
$39.76 |
$82,700 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
60 |
$21.84 |
$45,440 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
60 |
$12.46 |
$25,910 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
50 |
$10.26 |
$21,330 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
50 |
Not available |
$41,360 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Clergy |
50 |
$18.92 |
$39,340 |
| Desktop publishers |
50 |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
50 |
$20.01 |
$41,620 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
50 |
$9.47 |
$19,690 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$14.99 |
$31,190 |
| Interior designers |
50 |
$21.93 |
$45,610 |
| Interpreters and translators |
50 |
$23.79 |
$49,470 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
50 |
$96.46 |
$200,630 |
| Physical therapist aides |
50 |
$12.22 |
$25,420 |
| Podiatrists |
50 |
$64.94 |
$135,080 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychiatrists |
50 |
$81.14 |
$168,770 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$68,670 |
| Sheet metal workers |
50 |
$23.83 |
$49,560 |
| Tax preparers |
50 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
50 |
$9.35 |
$19,450 |
| Training and development managers |
50 |
$43.62 |
$90,740 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters |
50 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
50 |
$13.37 |
$27,820 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes |
40 |
$36.59 |
$76,110 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
40 |
$24.93 |
$51,840 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists |
40 |
$25.37 |
$52,770 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
40 |
$12.26 |
$25,500 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
40 |
$18.63 |
$38,740 |
| Correspondence clerks |
40 |
$13.88 |
$28,870 |
| Costume attendants |
40 |
$13.27 |
$27,600 |
| Designers, all other |
40 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Dietetic technicians |
40 |
$17.30 |
$35,990 |
| Drafters, all other |
40 |
$22.41 |
$46,600 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
40 |
$14.93 |
$31,060 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
40 |
$20.80 |
$43,270 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
40 |
$22.26 |
$46,300 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
40 |
$32.72 |
$68,060 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
40 |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
40 |
$15.19 |
$31,580 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians |
40 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Plant and system operators, all other |
40 |
$16.21 |
$33,720 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
40 |
$17.01 |
$35,370 |
| Producers and directors |
40 |
$22.56 |
$46,920 |
| Radio and television announcers |
40 |
$15.11 |
$31,430 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
40 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
40 |
$13.21 |
$27,490 |
| Tile and marble setters |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
30 |
$12.98 |
$26,990 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
30 |
$29.35 |
$61,040 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic |
30 |
$15.75 |
$32,760 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas |
30 |
$17.67 |
$36,760 |
| Statisticians |
30 |
$38.52 |
$80,130 |
| Anesthesiologists |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Bookbinders |
Not available |
$9.74 |
$20,260 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$17.02 |
$35,400 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
Not available |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$27.67 |
$57,550 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
Not available |
$16.69 |
$34,710 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
Not available |
$30.30 |
$63,010 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
Not available |
$20.47 |
$42,580 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
Not available |
$26.65 |
$55,440 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
Not available |
$16.61 |
$34,550 |
| Environmental engineers |
Not available |
$32.38 |
$67,340 |
| Etchers and engravers |
Not available |
$12.99 |
$27,020 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
Not available |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Fence erectors |
Not available |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
Not available |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Financial examiners |
Not available |
$44.87 |
$93,330 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$17.88 |
$37,190 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$12.98 |
$26,990 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$14.45 |
$30,050 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$11.31 |
$23,530 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$17.65 |
$36,710 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage |
Not available |
$20.78 |
$43,210 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$12.14 |
$25,240 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
Not available |
$11.27 |
$23,430 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.06 |
$25,090 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
Not available |
$13.23 |
$27,520 |
| Orthodontists |
Not available |
$84.84 |
$176,470 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$22.51 |
$46,820 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$9.87 |
$20,540 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$9.45 |
$19,660 |
| Photographic process workers |
Not available |
$14.30 |
$29,750 |
| Power plant operators |
Not available |
$29.11 |
$60,550 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$9.27 |
$19,290 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
Not available |
$23.83 |
$49,580 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$32.29 |
$67,160 |
| Recreational therapists |
Not available |
$18.45 |
$38,370 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
Not available |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$9.95 |
$20,710 |
| Sewers, hand |
Not available |
$11.79 |
$24,520 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$14.30 |
$29,740 |
| Upholsterers |
Not available |
$14.51 |
$30,190 |
